Explore Yeniseian through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like russian or yenisei. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Yeniseian in a sentence
Yeniseian meaning
- A family of languages spoken in central Siberia.
- Proto-Yeniseian: the hypothetical parent language of the Yeniseian language family.
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Using Yeniseian
- The main meaning on this page is: A family of languages spoken in central Siberia. | Proto-Yeniseian: the hypothetical parent language of the Yeniseian language family.
- Useful related words include: russian, enets, entsi, entsy.
- Possible Dutch translations are: jenisejisch.
- In the example corpus, yeniseian often appears in combinations such as: dené yeniseian, yeniseian family.
Context around Yeniseian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yeniseian
- In this selection, "yeniseian" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, related, family and vovin stand out and add context to how "yeniseian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dené yeniseian family and binary dené yeniseian family has. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yeniseian" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yeniseian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 2008 Edward Vajda related Yeniseian to the Na-Dené languages of North America in a Dené–Yeniseian family. (19 words)
The Jie, another pastoral people, may have been a branch of the Xiongnu who may have been Yeniseian Vovin, Alexander. (20 words)
Edward Sapir had commented on a connection between Na-Dené and Sino-Tibetan.sfn A narrower binary Dené–Yeniseian family has recently been well-received, though not conclusively demonstrated. (29 words)
Edward Sapir had commented on a connection between Na-Dené and Sino-Tibetan.sfn A narrower binary Dené–Yeniseian family has recently been well-received, though not conclusively demonstrated. (29 words)
The Jie, another pastoral people, may have been a branch of the Xiongnu who may have been Yeniseian Vovin, Alexander. (20 words)
In 2008 Edward Vajda related Yeniseian to the Na-Dené languages of North America in a Dené–Yeniseian family. (19 words)
Example sentences (3)
In 2008 Edward Vajda related Yeniseian to the Na-Dené languages of North America in a Dené–Yeniseian family.
Edward Sapir had commented on a connection between Na-Dené and Sino-Tibetan.sfn A narrower binary Dené–Yeniseian family has recently been well-received, though not conclusively demonstrated.
The Jie, another pastoral people, may have been a branch of the Xiongnu who may have been Yeniseian Vovin, Alexander.
Common combinations with yeniseian
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: